Safiyah Marhnouj reports: The insurance provider for members of the Public Service Health Care Plan who are posted abroad or travelling says it recently detected a “cybersecurity incident” involving its systems, but hasn’t determined what information may have been accessed. MSH International Canada said it detected the incident on Feb. 9., and immediately paused services. Law enforcement was…
Category: Government Sector
New Jersey law enforcement officers sue 118 data brokers for not removing personal info
Suzanne Smalley reports: Over the course of the last week, 118 class action lawsuits were filed against data brokers who allegedly failed to respond to requests from about 20,000 New Jersey law enforcement personnel asking to remove their personal information from the internet. New Jersey law prohibits the disclosure of home addresses and unpublished telephone…
US military notifies 20,000 of data breach after cloud email leak
Zack Whittaker The U.S. Department of Defense is notifying tens of thousands of individuals that their personal information was exposed in an email data spill last year. According to the breach notification letter sent out to affected individuals on February 1, the Defense Intelligence Agency — the DOD’s military intelligence agency — said, “numerous email…
Cyberattack shuts down Colorado public defender’s office
Shelly Bradbury reports: A cyberattack on the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender forced the agency to shut down its computer network, locking public defenders across the state out of critical work systems and prompting attorneys to seek delays in their court cases. Office spokesman James Karbach confirmed the breach in a statement Monday,…
Major Data Breach in Thailand Exposes Personal Data of 20 Million Elderly Citizens
Israel Ojoko reports: In a massive breach of digital trust, personal information of nearly 20 million elderly Thai citizens was leaked from the Department of Older Persons (DOP) under the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security in Thailand. This alarming incident was initially reported by Los Angeles-based cybersecurity firm, Resecurity, on January 22, and…
Ex-CIA software engineer sentenced to 40 years for giving secrets to WikiLeaks
The Guardian reports: A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) software engineer who was convicted for carrying out the largest theft of classified information in the agency’s history and of charges related to child abuse imagery was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday. The 40-year sentence by US district judge Jesse Furman was for…